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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hugo Grotius die?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1672.
(c) 1677.
(d) 1645.

2. What was the capital city of the Massachusetts Bay colony?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Boston.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Jamestown.

3. What were hideous to the colonists and were assigned to the Indians, according to the author?
(a) Swamplands.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Mountains.

4. The three men who were accused as the killers of Sassamon were Mattashunannamo, Tobias, and his son, who was named what?
(a) Nahauton.
(b) Patuckson.
(c) Metacom.
(d) Wampapaquan.

5. What word means "shaman" in the language of the Narragansett?
(a) Powwaw.
(b) Pagoda.
(c) Tipi.
(d) Wigwam.

6. The most standard narratives of King Philip's War were published where, according to the author in Part One, Language, Chapter 2, The Story of It Printed?
(a) London.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Dublin.

7. It is very likely that John Sassamon was adopted or indentured to the family of whom?
(a) John Alderman.
(b) Richard Callicot.
(c) William Hubbard.
(d) Increase Mather.

8. In 1600 the Wampanoag lived primarily in what two states?
(a) Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
(b) New Jersey and New York.
(c) Kentucky and Delaware.
(d) New York and Pennsylvania.

9. Nathaniel Saltonstall was selected as a judge for what specific court responsible for the trial and sentence of people for the crime of witchcraft in Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials?
(a) Court of Anderson and Overlay.
(b) Court of Franklin and Boston.
(c) Court of Salem, Massachusetts.
(d) Court of Oyer and Terminer.

10. Where was Increase Mather born?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) Dorchester, MA.
(c) London, England.
(d) Bern, Switzerland.

11. According to the author, the colonists thought the powwaws received their orders from whom?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Mohammad.
(c) God.
(d) Jesus.

12. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Totem.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Tipi.
(d) Wigwam.

13. Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by what means?
(a) Growing massive gardens.
(b) Stealing from other tribes.
(c) Growing plantations for cotton.
(d) Hunting and fishing.

14. A prodigious learner, Hugo Grotius entered the University of Leiden when he was how old?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

15. Where was William Hubbard born?
(a) England.
(b) New Brunswick, Canada.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) New York, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Nathaniel Saltonstall born?

2. Sassamon was a Christian minister in what Indian praying town?

3. What region was the main site of conflict during King Philip's War?

4. William Hubbard graduated Harvard in what year?

5. Passaconaway was a powerful medicine man and sachem of what tribe?

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